Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Hasta and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching

26–28 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 25–27 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana

Hasta as bride

26–28

of 36

Purva Ashadha as bride

25–27

of 36

Across all padas

24–26

spread of 2

Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Hasta with Purva Ashadha that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). The heaviest of them is Graha Maitri, where Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Hasta: Mercury gives 0.5 of 5.

The pada decides part of this one. Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 24 and 26, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.

Koota by Koota

All eight kootas for Hasta and Purva Ashadha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Hasta with Purva Ashadha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Hasta bride	Purva Ashadha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Hasta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Purva Ashadha: Manav · Hasta: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Hasta: Mitra (8) · from Purva Ashadha: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Hasta: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Hasta: Mercury
Gana / 6	5	5	Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Hasta: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Sagittarius and Virgo — 4/10
Nadi / 8	8	8	Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Hasta: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	26–28	25–27	Good

Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Hasta: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Hasta: Mitra (8) · from Purva Ashadha: Vipat (3). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Hasta: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Hasta: Buffalo. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Hasta’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Hasta as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 23 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Hasta with Purva Ashadha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Hasta as bride then Purva Ashadha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Hasta ↓ / Purva Ashadha →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Sagittarius	Pada 3Sagittarius	Pada 4Sagittarius
Pada 1Virgo	26 / 25	24 / 23	24 / 23	24 / 23
Pada 2Virgo	26 / 25	24 / 23	24 / 23	24 / 23
Pada 3Virgo	26 / 25	24 / 23	24 / 23	24 / 23
Pada 4Virgo	26 / 25	24 / 23	24 / 23	24 / 23

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. All sixteen combinations clear the conventional threshold of 18. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.

The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled

Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Hasta and Purva Ashadha rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 8 of 8

Hasta is Adi (Vata) and Purva Ashadha is Madhya (Pitta). Different nadis take the full eight guna, and since Nadi alone is more than a fifth of the total, this pair starts from a position 108 of the 351 pairs never reach.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Sagittarius and Virgo — 4/10 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.

A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.

Two Tests Outside the 36

Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Hasta to Purva Ashadha is 8 and back is 21, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — absent. 8 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 8 with Hasta as bride, 21 with Purva Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Ashadha as the bride and not with Hasta.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 26 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 4th place in Hasta's table, 8th in Purva Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Hasta’s table

4th of 27

Purva Ashadha scores 26 there outright. Hasta’s 27 partners run from 9 to 28 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Hasta can reach — all 27 rows.

In Purva Ashadha’s table

8th of 27

Hasta scores 26 there, level with 2 other partners. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Hasta score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between good and the band above.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Hasta page and the Purva Ashadha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Hasta and Purva Ashadha score?

26–28 of 36 with Hasta as the bride and 25–27 with Purva Ashadha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 24 to 26, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Hasta and Purva Ashadha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Hasta with Purva Ashadha at good. The guna are lost on Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. No koota scores zero for this pair, which is worth more than the total itself.

Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Purva Ashadha?

Yes. Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada, and Vashya is read from which half of the sign the Moon occupies, so two guna move with that mid-point. The total ranges from 24 to 26 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Hasta and Purva Ashadha have Bhakoot dosha?

No. The two Moon signs never fall at one of the three forbidden distances — 6/8 Shadashtaka, 5/9 Navapanchaka or 2/12 Dwirdwadasha — in any of the sixteen pada combinations, so Bhakoot scores its full seven throughout. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Hasta to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Hasta on the bride's side scores higher — 26–28 against 25–27. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Hasta as bride to 0 with Purva Ashadha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Hasta and Purva Ashadha to sixteen answers between 24 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.

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